Police Detective: Investigate Crimes

Police Detective Investigate Crimes

• Police officer • Detective • Criminal investigator • Corrections, Parole, or Probation officer • Warden • Security investigator or specialist • Lawyer

• The primary duty of sheriffs and police officers is to enforce the law. They help the community fight criminals by making arrests, assisting people with emergency situations, investigating crimes, helping prosecute criminals by collecting and securing evidence, testifying in court, and writing detailed reports.

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Written & presentation skills

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Understanding societies' reaction to crimes

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Considerations of gender & race

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Quantitative skills

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High degree of physical fitness and ability to work under pressure

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Ability to work independently and as well as being part of a team.

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Understand and respect values and workings of the legal system.

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Ethics and moral values

• The U.S. Department of Labor has predicted that by 2010 there will be more than a 29% increase in the demand for FBI Agents, Police Officers, Private Detectives, U.S. Customs Agents and many others, but the growing emphasis on homeland security has created an unprecedented demand for criminal justice and security professionals. •

• Legal secretaries earned a median salary of $40,550 in 2006 • Median annual earnings of law office managers were $37,240 in May 2006, with the middle 50 percent earning between $30,240 and $46,160. Some earned considerably more depending on seniority and responsibilities. • Mediators with a JD earned between $82,780 and $109,490

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Healthy background Good thinking skills Good morals It will be great if your family has ties in your career

• You could move from regular cop to FBI agent. • Or become chief of a police department.

• Inmate crowding has increased in many correctional facilities. The ratio of inmates to custody or security employees rose from 4.2 to 4.6 between 1990 and 1995. • Inmate assaults against correctional staff in State and Federal Prisons have increase between 1990 and 19995, the number of attacks jumped by nearly one-third, from 10,731 to 14,165. During this same period, the number of correctional officers increased by only 14 percent, resulting in an overall increased risk of assault for each individual officer at the end of this period. • Many offenders serving increasingly longer sentences do not fear punishment or respect the authority of correctional officers. According to one superintendent, • "Inmates today aren't afraid to assault staff; they don't care if they get put in segregation." There are also

• What I like most is that it can keep me busy and I can help people. • What I like least is all the pressure that is put on you. • This career will work because I really enjoy the things I hear about them.